Little White Lies,Sophie Monks Kaufman

Wes Anderson

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Wes Anderson is a distinctive auteur of modern American cinema, known for having created a personal universe out of pastel colour palettes, meticulous set design, nostalgic soundtracks and a troupe of familiar actors — all seen in films such as Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Grand Budapest Hotel and Isle of Dogs.
In this illustrated pocket guide Sophie Monks Kaufman delves beneath Anderson’s pristine surfaces to examine his emotional preoccupations with family, romance, failure, adventure and death. She carefully unspools the cultural threads that inform his aesthetic to explain why this precocious arthouse film nerd from Texas has become one of the most popular directors of his generation.
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176 printed pages
Original publication
2018
Publication year
2018
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Quotes

  • Katiyes Suharenkohas quoted6 years ago
    The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Wes’s most earnest depiction of death and grief. Centred on three brothers, who meet a year after their father’s death to travel around India, ostensibly to visit their awol mother, but more urgently to renew their ties.
  • Katiyes Suharenkohas quoted6 years ago
    It is the tale of two 12-year-olds who fall in love and run away together. He’s Sam (Jared Gilman), an orphaned cub scout who wears chunky glasses. She’s Suzy (Kara Hayward), a troubled child with a love of pop music and kittens. Sad adults pepper the backdrop, such as Suzy’s parents (Bill Murray and Frances McDormand) and a melancholic police captain (Bruce Willis). The film was inspired by Waris Hussein’s 1971 film, Melody, about two primary school kids who escape from their school in Lambeth, London, in order to marry.
  • Katiyes Suharenkohas quoted6 years ago
    The red beanies, silvery blue wetsuits, custom Adidas trainers, and The Belafonte (a boat whose interior was built from scratch) make this the trademark aesthetic which even casual Wes fans recognise. In some ways it is an albatross.
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